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Posted by AFC North at 12:17

Browns make history twice in the same game

The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, added two Cleveland Browns jerseys to its collection yesterday. WR Josh Cribbs and RB Jerome Harrison both turned in historic performances to help Cleveland to a 41-34 win in Kansas City on Sunday.
Joshua Cribbs – KO Ret. for TD
Year Opponent Length
2005 at DET 90 yards
2006 vs. PIT 92 yards
2007 at OAK 99 yards
2007 at PIT 100 yards
2008 vs. BAL 92 yards
2009 at PIT 98 yards
2009 at KC 100 yards
2009 at KC 103 yards


Cribbs, who has without a doubt been the MVP of the team this season, returned two kickoffs for touchdowns, taking the ball 100 and 103 yards. He is only the second player in NFL history to return two kickoffs 100 yards or more in the same game, joining Miami's Tedd Ginn Jr., who did the same against the Jets on November 1 of this year.

Coming into the game, Cribbs had been tied with five other players for the most kickoffs returned for touchdowns in a career, with six. Now he is in a class by himself, with eight kickoffs returned all the way. This is Cribbs' fifth season in the league, and he has had at least one kickoff return TD in each year.

The really amazing thing, though, is that Cribbs' spectacular day was almost overshadowed by Jerome Harrison's 286 rushing yards. The 4th-year RB nearly doubled his season yardage total in a single game and secured the win for the Browns with his 3 touchdowns. Aside from Cribbs and Harrison, the Browns didn't really have much offense, but their 5 touchdowns proved to be all Cleveland needed to outscore Kansas City.
Most rushing yards in a single game
Total Player Game Year
296 yards Adrian Peterson MIN vs. SD 2007
295 yards Jamal Lewis BAL vs. CLE 2003
286 yards Jerome Harrison CLE at KC 2009
278 yards Corey Dillon CIN vs. DEN 2000
275 yards Walter Payton CHI vs. MIN 1977
273 yards O.J. Simpson BUF at DET 1976


Harrison's 286 rushing yards are the third most for any NFL player in a single game, breaking Hall-of-Famer Jim Brown's team record of 237 yards, which Brown set in 1957 against Los Angeles and equaled in 1961 against Philadelphia. Harrison also now holds the record for the most rushing yards gained in a road game.

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